The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-06

ago closed its doors leaving several hundred
creditors outside in the cold. The bank
was one of the States repositories, and as
| such the State Of Georgia came in as pre-
ferred creditor The liabilities of the bank,
when it closed, was about $5000O0 and the
| State was a creditor to the extent OF SlOi,-
00O A small portion of this amount has
been collected, and il is believed that the
full amount of the States deposit will be re-
covered. The other creditors, who are scat
! tered all over the State stand a poor show
ing for their money.
When Judge McCay was alive and on the
bench woman charged with illicit distill-
ing was brought into court and convicted.
| Judge McCay was in dilemma what to do
with the prisoner he couldn't send her to
Jail where there was large number of
prisoners of the other sex. He ended by
reading her a lecture and sending her home
with the admontion to quit making whisky.
He added the threat that if she was brought
back ne would put her in prison. even = he
had to build a separate Jail. Since that
time the revenue officers have captured
several stills operated by women. They de
stroyed the stills but did not modest the
women. Afterward they found the same
women making blockade whisky. IL is
further stated that in some counties the men,
finding the disposition of the court toward
the women, have put them i'll charge OF the
stills and keep away from them themselves.
Just after Mr. Davis had finished shaking
hands with hundreds of children who had
hocked to the park at Macon to see him, he
was talking to three or four gentlemen at
the park, Mr. Davis happened 10 mention
that at one of the receptions which had
been given to him during his stay in Macon,
some one had worn off his hat aud left in
its place one a little older and hardly so
good. Mr.. Robert Haydn, of the 3eicgrdph,
who was present, insisted that Mr. DAVIS
should exchange the old hat he wore for new
and stylish one that Mr. Haydn wore. Mr..
Davis, after Mr.. Haydn had insisted for
some time, consented to the exchange, and
wrote his name Oh a card, which he placed
inside the band. II turned out that Mr..
Davis and Mr.. Haydn wore exactly the same
size hat Mr. Haydn is proud Of getting
the worse of his exchange. His new bat
cost So. He has been offered and refused
800 for the one Mr. Davis traded him
Wrightsville Headlight. Billie Pournelle
goes for the turkeys. one day recently he
discovered in q field adjoining Cedar sWampa
signs of numerous tracks, and he at once
determined to capture the layout, dead or
alive. So day or two later he returned to
the rendezvous with a pocketful of shelled
corn, and after scattering the grain about
over that portion of the field where the
"traces in the sands Of timen We're the most
numerous. he returned home. Next morn
ing, bright and early, he arose and went ON
duty at the baited field. He took position
just outside the Enclosure, with his gun at
his side, to wait and watch for the coming
of the early bird While moseying
around the fence corners to secure a
better view of things he heard the
familiar flap of turkey as he mounted the
fence to fly over. Pournelle turned in the
direction, and through the early mist espied
four turkeys. with heads erect, leisurely
viewing the landscape DER" The hunts
man drew a bead on the unsuspecting flock
and Let her go, Gallagher At the report
of the gun one of the turkeys was seen to
run off few steps, stop and straighten him
self, when Pournelle opened on him with
the second barrel, bringing him down.
Billy leaped the fence and went to find four
dead turleys-three that he had killed 1T
the first fire and one at the last shot. Fine
shooting, to be sure, and Bill dined on
turkeys for several days, besides disposing
of one or more readily at 81 apiece.